A friend has just booked a site for us, and they asked if our TT was hard topped because 'if it is it will have to go on hard standing'. She incorrectly told them it's soft, so I'm just going to keep quiet, but I don't understand why they would say that. Ours opens onto the luggage rack and doesn't damage the grass at all, and I can't think of any that would be a problem. Has anyone else come across this?
Only guessing, but I think they may have misunderstood. A 'hard top' is usually used to describe a hard top camper (like the American models, Conway Tardis, Laser, Cardinal etc). Those could, easily, be construed as folding caravans, and hence the touring pitch.
Could be wrong, but, hopefully, you are worrying about nothing. Yours isn't a hard top, it's a hard floor model.
I wouldn't think twice about it, and just turn up, but, if you have any concerns, a quick call to the site would, no doubt, clarify it.
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We also have a Raclet and always put a tarp under the floor in order to prevent damage to both the rack and the grass. We would never pitch on a hard standing in any case. Never had a problem with sites so far and they have never complained about our system. In fact we do far less damage then much bigger caravans with full awnings and all the paraphernalia that goes in them!
It's just a bit odd, I did wonder if they meant something else, but then caravans sometimes go on grass don't they? Then I thought perhaps they'd had a bad experience with something similar, and wondered about others experiences. Perhaps some of the flip over ones do cause damage, and the comments about the Raclet make me think that might be the case, but ours never has, even on a long stay.
Anyway, they won't know when we pull in, with the cover on it looks like a soft top, and it won't damage the grass, so I'm just going to keep quiet!!
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Topic: Hard Top Trailer Tents
